Triton XV, Lot: 168. Estimate $150. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 400 BC. AR Obol (12.5mm, 0.93 g, 9h). Horse walking r., border of dots / ΛΑΡ l. up, ΙΣΑ r. down, the nymph Larissa standing facing, head turned to l., in her bent r. arm her hand holds ball, her l. hand leans gracefully on her waist; all in shallow incuse square . Boston MFA 881 (same dies); Herrmann p. 22, group III b, pl. III, 9. Good VF, lightly toned, obv. a little off centre.